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SPARTAN VI's - Diverse City Guards
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Version: v1.2
Date: 7/7/2007
Category: Weapons and Armor
Author: SPARTAN VI
Armors by: Cryo_ and Ghogiel

Description
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This mod makes the guards in every city more different, or diverse, in appearance. It was enough that they looked and sound the same, I wanted to change at least one of those aspects (hint: look). 

- Bruma Gaurds now wear cloaks and have a cloth over their mouths to fight back the bitter cold. They no longer wear complete chainmail cuirasses, either. You'll find that although the armor looks similar, they've opted for a more insulation with leather and cloth pieces instead of cold metal links. Where they sacrifice 
protection for warmth, they've made up for in brutality. You'll find that they've traded their longswords for
silver maces.

- Anvil and Cheydinhall Guards wear a new steel sallet (helmet) to reflect the wealth of the cities they protect.

- Chorrol Guards looks exactly the same. I didn't change their appearance because I wanted one
city to keep the appearance of the "vanilla" guard. They're unique in that I haven't changed them at all.

- Skingrad Guards are completely armored from head to toe. Not even an eye lash is left exposed. They wear a new knight's helmet. Complimented by the steel guantlets, greaves, and boots they already have, this makes Skingrad one of the hardest places for a criminal to get around. 

- Bravil Guards find themselves lacking in modern apparel. The taxes they collect isn't enough to arm them with the best equipment. They make do with leather armor and a custom steel/leather helmet. Silver blades are also very expensive, they'll have to make-do with steel blades.

- Leyawin guards take pride in the colors. They too benefit from the steel sallet, although a couple more septims were spent to cover the chainmail with colored padded cloth to match their beautiful city. Leyawin guards, like Anvil, are also much more dangerous than those you'd find elsewhere. They have specially crafted steel gauntlets.

- Kvatch guards would find to have unique armor as well if they had a town to protect. I made no changes to Kvatch's armor.

- I've changed a few things with the officers' equipment as well. Most of the Guard Captains had a few changes made to their inventory, specfically armor and weapon changes. Dion, in Skingrad, has undergone the most radical change as he's opted for a specially crafted steel and padded leather cuirass and coif. At this moment, Dion and Danus Artellion of Skingrad are the only two officers to benefit from new, unique, armor.

- There are even some cases of diversity amongst the city guards themselves! You'll find that the castle guards are even more well armored than the city's patrols. Venture to the dungeons in some towns and you'll find that the jailors enjoy less restrictive helmets. 

- I've also added Ghogiel's Bonemod armor to this modification. It wasn't my initial intention as I never intended to create this mod until I was knee deep in it! Take it as a bonus please. Cryo's bonemold helmet is also included. Both can be purchased in the Imperial City Market District by Maro in The Best Defense.

- Modryn Oreyn of Chorrol's Fighter's Guild is wearing the premium Bonemold armor suit.

Location
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- Every town has different armor.

- Buy the bonemold armor at The Best Defense. Maro, the light armor vendor, is the only one that sells the bonemold armor.

Future Plans
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If I get my hands on more armor material that I like, I'll gladly make the guards even more unique!

Install
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1. Extract contents to a temporary directory or directly to your Oblivion\data folder.
2. It should only ask you to overwrite if you already have files with these names. Perhaps you've downloaded
Ghogiel's armor resource or Cryo_'s helmet? Overwrite them at your own risk. Back up files if necessary.
3. Enable the SPARTANVIsDiverseCityGuards.esp in the Oblivion Launcher or OBMM.
4. Launch Oblivion!

Uninstall
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1. Start Oblivion Launcher, click Data Files, uncheck the .esp file.
2. Delete the appropriate meshes and textures folders for each of the armor pieces. You'll have to hund for these on your own.

Known Issues or Bugs
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Please report bugs to me at Tessource or at Elderscrolls.com forums.

History
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v1.2 - Second attempt at improving compatibility. Should work for OOO, MMM, Frans, and vanilla. ESP only.
v1.1 - Attempt to improve compatibility for OOO. ESP only.
v1.0 - Final release. Compatibility for OOO added.
0.5b - Beta release. Fixed the bald Bruma guards. Fixed cape. Swapped helmets between Anvil and Skingrad. Added a few more sallets to make the unique to each city. 
0.5a - Alpha release. Works for me, does it work for you?

Contact
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If you want to get a hold of me, I'm at elderscrolls.com/forums as SPARTAN VI. Please do not make any demanding requests. If you have any content that you'd like to see, run it by me and I may consider it!

Tools Used
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TES Construction Set - http://www.theelderscrolls.com/downloads/updates_utilities.htm
Readme Generator - http://lhammonds.game-host.org/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp
Photoshop - http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/
NIFSkope - http://www.niftools.org


Credits
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Thanks to Ghogiel for allowing me to use his armor resource. 90% of the armor featured here is Ghogiel's work.

Thanks to Cryo_ for allowing me to use his bonemold helmet!

Thanks to whomever else helped me with the making of this mod.

Licensing/Legal
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Please contact me and obtain my permission before re-packaging any part of
this mod. If I do not respond within 2 weeks, feel free to do whatever you
like with this mod.

If you want to re-use any armor pieces featured in this modification, please contact their respective authors.
